Population by country, 1983

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1983

#	Country / area	Population	1973
1	China	1.02 billion	873.3 million
2	India	728.7 million	577 million
3	United States of America	235.8 million	214 million
4	Indonesia	157.8 million	123.7 million
5	Russian Federation	140.7 million	132.1 million
6	Brazil	128.4 million	101.4 million
7	Japan	119.7 million	109.9 million
8	Bangladesh	94.1 million	72.6 million
9	Pakistan	90.7 million	64.5 million
10	Nigeria	79.5 million	59.3 million
11	Germany	78.3 million	78.9 million
12	Mexico	71.2 million	54.8 million
13	Italy	56.7 million	54.3 million
14	United Kingdom	56.3 million	56.2 million
15	Viet Nam	55.7 million	43.9 million
16	France	54.7 million	52 million
17	Philippines	51.4 million	39.9 million
18	Ukraine	50.5 million	48.1 million
19	Thailand	48 million	38.4 million
20	Türkiye	47.9 million	38.9 million
21	Egypt	47.1 million	36.7 million
22	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	45.1 million	31.4 million
23	Republic of Korea	39.7 million	34.3 million
24	Spain	38.2 million	34.7 million
25	Ethiopia	37.3 million	29.8 million
26	Poland	36.4 million	33.2 million
27	Myanmar	34.8 million	28.7 million
28	South Africa	32.2 million	23.9 million
29	Argentina	29.2 million	24.8 million
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	28.8 million	21.5 million
31	Colombia	27.7 million	22.1 million
32	Canada	25.3 million	22.4 million
33	Romania	22.4 million	20.7 million
34	Morocco	20.8 million	16.1 million
35	United Republic of Tanzania	20.7 million	14.7 million
36	Algeria	20.2 million	14.6 million
37	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	18.9 million	16.2 million
38	China, Taiwan Province of China	18.9 million	15.6 million
39	Sudan	18.9 million	12.7 million
40	Peru	18.5 million	14.4 million
41	Kenya	17.5 million	12.4 million
42	Uzbekistan	16.7 million	12.6 million
43	Nepal	16.5 million	13.1 million
44	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	16.3 million	12.3 million
45	Kazakhstan	15.6 million	13.1 million
46	Sri Lanka	15.4 million	12.9 million
47	Australia	15.3 million	13.4 million
48	Iraq	14.6 million	10.6 million
49	Netherlands	14.4 million	13.4 million
50	Malaysia	14.1 million	10.8 million
51	Uganda	14 million	11 million
52	Ghana	12.8 million	9.6 million
53	Mozambique	11.9 million	8.8 million
54	Chile	11.9 million	10.3 million
55	Afghanistan	10.9 million	12 million
56	Hungary	10.6 million	10.4 million
57	Yemen	10.4 million	7.6 million
58	Czechia	10.3 million	9.9 million
59	Cuba	9.9 million	9.2 million
60	Portugal	9.9 million	8.9 million
61	Greece	9.9 million	8.9 million
62	Belgium	9.9 million	9.7 million
63	Belarus	9.8 million	9.2 million
64	Syrian Arab Republic	9.7 million	6.9 million
65	Madagascar	9.7 million	7.2 million
66	Cameroon	9.1 million	6.9 million
67	Côte d'Ivoire	9.1 million	6 million
68	Bulgaria	8.9 million	8.6 million
69	Angola	8.9 million	6.3 million
70	Ecuador	8.7 million	6.6 million
71	Sweden	8.3 million	8.1 million
72	Zimbabwe	8 million	5.6 million
73	Mali	7.9 million	6.5 million
74	Serbia	7.9 million	7.4 million
75	Austria	7.6 million	7.6 million
76	Burkina Faso	7.4 million	5.9 million
77	Guatemala	7.3 million	5.8 million
78	Saudi Arabia	7 million	4 million
79	Tunisia	7 million	5.5 million
80	Malawi	6.9 million	4.9 million
81	Niger	6.6 million	5 million
82	Azerbaijan	6.5 million	5.4 million
83	Switzerland	6.4 million	6.3 million
84	Zambia	6.3 million	4.6 million
85	Senegal	6.2 million	4.8 million
86	Somalia	6.1 million	4 million
87	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.1 million	4.9 million
88	Dominican Republic	6.1 million	4.7 million
89	Haiti	5.9 million	4.9 million
90	Rwanda	5.8 million	4.3 million
91	Cambodia	5.5 million	6.7 million
92	Guinea	5.3 million	4.5 million
93	Georgia	5.3 million	4.9 million
94	China, Hong Kong SAR	5.2 million	4.2 million
95	Denmark	5.1 million	5 million
96	Slovakia	5.1 million	4.6 million
97	Chad	4.9 million	3.9 million
98	Finland	4.8 million	4.7 million
99	Burundi	4.8 million	3.6 million
100	Croatia	4.7 million	4.5 million
101	El Salvador	4.7 million	3.9 million
102	South Sudan	4.6 million	3.6 million
103	Tajikistan	4.3 million	3.2 million
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.2 million	3.9 million
105	Benin	4.2 million	3.2 million
106	Republic of Moldova	4.2 million	3.7 million
107	Norway	4.1 million	3.9 million
108	Honduras	4 million	3 million
109	Israel	3.9 million	3.1 million
110	Kyrgyzstan	3.9 million	3.2 million
111	Libya	3.7 million	2.3 million
112	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.5 million	2.8 million
113	Lithuania	3.5 million	3.2 million
114	Ireland	3.5 million	3.1 million
115	Nicaragua	3.5 million	2.6 million
116	Sierra Leone	3.4 million	2.8 million
117	Puerto Rico	3.3 million	2.8 million
118	Papua New Guinea	3.3 million	2.7 million
119	Paraguay	3.3 million	2.5 million
120	New Zealand	3.2 million	2.9 million
121	Armenia	3.2 million	2.6 million
122	Togo	3.2 million	2.4 million
123	Lebanon	3.1 million	2.5 million
124	Turkmenistan	3 million	2.3 million
125	Uruguay	3 million	2.8 million
126	Albania	2.9 million	2.3 million
127	Singapore	2.7 million	2.2 million
128	Costa Rica	2.6 million	2 million
129	Latvia	2.5 million	2.4 million
130	Central African Republic	2.5 million	2.2 million
131	Jordan	2.5 million	1.7 million
132	Jamaica	2.2 million	1.9 million
133	Panama	2.1 million	1.6 million
134	Liberia	2.1 million	1.6 million
135	North Macedonia	2 million	1.7 million
136	Congo	1.9 million	1.5 million
137	Slovenia	1.9 million	1.8 million
138	Mongolia	1.8 million	1.4 million
139	Eritrea	1.7 million	1.3 million
140	Kuwait	1.7 million	948,370
141	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.7 million	1.3 million
142	State of Palestine	1.6 million	1.2 million
143	Mauritania	1.6 million	1.2 million
144	Lesotho	1.5 million	1.1 million
145	Estonia	1.5 million	1.4 million
146	United Arab Emirates	1.2 million	410,366
147	Trinidad and Tobago	1.2 million	1 million
148	Oman	1.1 million	710,578
149	Botswana	1 million	635,876
150	Namibia	1 million	816,581
151	Mauritius	990,534	859,543
152	Guinea-Bissau	862,680	589,580
153	Gabon	799,923	627,323
154	Gambia	779,581	563,517
155	Guyana	776,547	725,999
156	Cyprus	701,103	664,668
157	Fiji	681,492	555,022
158	Timor-Leste	673,380	577,975
159	Eswatini	648,235	472,249
160	Montenegro	595,290	543,490
161	Réunion	574,154	490,252
162	Bhutan	469,863	335,882
163	Bahrain	393,671	248,589
164	Suriname	377,370	396,713
165	Luxembourg	365,283	348,084
166	Djibouti	363,138	172,044
167	Comoros	362,110	264,316
168	Malta	347,607	329,285
169	Guadeloupe	338,167	319,878
170	Martinique	336,615	326,462
171	Cabo Verde	335,204	298,584
172	Equatorial Guinea	332,593	305,966
173	Qatar	320,599	154,128
174	China, Macao SAR	265,633	280,301
175	Solomon Islands	259,574	187,269
176	Barbados	253,531	250,080
177	Bahamas	242,626	198,495
178	Iceland	235,516	210,979
179	Brunei Darussalam	201,369	144,756
180	Maldives	176,752	132,958
181	French Polynesia	169,240	123,873
182	Samoa	166,647	145,541
183	Curaçao	156,840	153,762
184	Belize	154,424	125,573
185	New Caledonia	153,767	122,700
186	Western Sahara	137,805	77,993
187	Saint Lucia	124,053	106,734
188	Vanuatu	122,479	92,940
189	Guam	117,115	93,704
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	106,407	98,247
191	Sao Tome and Principe	103,428	81,896
192	United States Virgin Islands	99,064	73,883
193	Tonga	98,001	88,077
194	Grenada	94,684	98,786
195	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	83,440	63,117
196	Jersey	78,233	72,045
197	French Guiana	74,281	49,980
198	Dominica	72,514	70,325
199	Seychelles	68,002	57,591
200	Antigua and Barbuda	64,842	64,493
201	Isle of Man	64,670	57,807
202	Kiribati	63,651	60,338
203	Aruba	62,875	59,111
204	Mayotte	57,423	37,787
205	Bermuda	54,577	52,882
206	Guernsey	54,534	54,286
207	Greenland	51,654	47,635
208	Faroe Islands	44,436	39,402
209	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,442	43,953
210	Andorra	39,685	23,729
211	American Samoa	35,582	28,225
212	Marshall Islands	34,099	24,295
213	Gibraltar	28,767	27,420
214	Monaco	27,757	24,984
215	Liechtenstein	26,041	22,191
216	Northern Mariana Islands	23,628	13,323
217	San Marino	22,146	18,968
218	Cayman Islands	19,174	12,102
219	Cook Islands	17,384	20,493
220	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	15,362	7,635
221	Palau	12,846	12,408
222	Wallis and Futuna Islands	12,412	9,204
223	British Virgin Islands	12,142	10,297
224	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	12,102	10,463
225	Montserrat	11,150	11,356
226	Saint Martin (French part)	10,387	6,499
227	Turks and Caicos Islands	8,492	6,000
228	Nauru	8,138	6,836
229	Tuvalu	7,730	5,689
230	Anguilla	6,639	6,426
231	Saint Helena	6,546	5,969
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,163	5,852
233	Saint Barthélemy	3,338	2,464
234	Niue	3,184	4,798
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,247	2,282
236	Tokelau	1,668	1,641
237	Holy See	739	736

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.